Fumento doesn't seem to be concerned that much of the anti-fat and anti-cholesterol research is funded by interested parties. The makers of Wesson oil were involved in the early studies that fueled the low-fat bandwagon.

When Atkins doesn't fund research he's damned. When he does, he is also damned. What does that tell you?

If weight loss alone can "improve" one's blood lipids, even while one is on a high-fat diet, then what's the fuss about? Diet must not be the problem!

Fumento seems ignorant of the substantial cholesterol revisionism that is going on. The fact is, the establishment's own studies do not confirm the cholesterol-heart disease hypothesis. For exampe, in the famous Framingham Study, high cholesterol was not a risk factor in men over 47--quite the opposite in fact. The lower the cholesterol, the greater the risk of death. Get more information here and here .

Sheldon